Perl 6 has nothing whatsoever to do with Perl 5 v18. Perl 6 cannot even execute code written for Perl 5 v18 (or any previous versions of Perl 5). It's a differe

Perl 6 has nothing whatsoever to do with Perl 5 v18. Perl 6 cannot even execute code written for Perl 5 v18 (or any previous versions of Perl 5). It's a different language. However, people don't care to look and judge books by their cover, so you're probably right that it's a part of the reason.